Dr Yousoo Kim, from The Surface Chemistry Laboratory in RIKEN and winner of
the 2009 Sir Martin Wood Prize, will be giving lectures this week in Liverpool,
Nottingham, Warwick and Oxford Universities, as well as University College London.

The Sir Martin Wood Prize, sponsored by Oxford
Instruments, is awarded to young researchers from a Japanese University
or research institute, who have performed outstanding research in the area of
condensed matter science. The prize is named after Sir Martin Wood, Founder
and Honorary President of Oxford Instruments plc. The Sir Martin Wood Prize
winner receives ¥500,000 in cash and the opportunity to give a series of
lectures in UK Universities. Dr Kim was awarded the prize for the study of local
electronic structure and electron-stimulated reaction of a single molecule at
surface. Dr Kim’s lecture, entitled ”When a molecule meets electrons”,
will highlight his research work.

Professor Hidetoshi Fukuyama from Tokyo University of Science chairs the Sir
Martin Wood prize selection committee and 7 senior Professors from Japanese
Universities sit on the committee.